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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 21:56:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: reel@sympatico.ca
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: syslogd(8) doesn't create log files if they are inexistant
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>Number:         27088
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       syslogd(8) doesn't create log files if they are inexistant
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    mike
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 04 22:00:03 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Wed Jul 18 07:45:33 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Wed Jul 18 07:53:44 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Flix-Antoine Paradis
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Idemnia Networks
>Environment:
FreeBSD idemnia.ath.cx 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Mon Apr 23 17:09:50 EDT
 2001     reel@idemnia.ath.cx:/usr/src/sys/compile/ZEUS  i386
>Description:
When /var is empty (due to loss of data), syslogd(8) doesn't create
them at boot time but, it tells you that they are inexistant.
>How-To-Repeat:
rm -rf /var/log
and reboot
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To: reel@sympatico.ca
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/27088: syslogd(8) doesn't create log files if they are inexistant
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:47:05 +0100

 On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 09:56:50PM -0700, reel@sympatico.ca wrote:
 
 > >Description:
 > When /var is empty (due to loss of data), syslogd(8) doesn't create
 > them at boot time but, it tells you that they are inexistant.
 
 This is the correct (or atleast traditional) behaviour of syslogd,
 because it doesn't know what permissions to create them with. I'll
 close the PR if you've no further objections.
 
 	David.
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->mike 
Responsible-Changed-By: mike 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jul 17 21:36:41 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
This behaviour should be documented in syslogd(8). 
I'll take care of it. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27088 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: mike 
State-Changed-When: Wed Jul 18 07:45:33 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
The behaviour of syslogd(8), with regards to not logging to 
files that do not exist, has been documented on -CURRENT. 
This change is scheduled to be merged into the -STABLE branch 
in 10 days. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27088 
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